To gain admission, Miller scored well above the cutoff for Stuyvesant, whose acceptance rate is well under those of Harvard or Yale. The racial discrepancy at Stuyvesant can be attributed to the admission system for New York City’s eight specialized high schools, the article shows.

It also shows Miller staying up all night, two nights in a row, to get her work done — a skill that will no doubt come in handy when she arrives in New Haven next fall.

bastionkid

“Scored well above the cutoff.” She scored a 594, with a 560 being the cutoff for Stuyvesant; the test is out of 800, with a minimum of 200.

strauss1

If, not when, she arrives. Are we just blogging about anything tangentially related to Yale by any means now?

lakia

No just a chance to show how “PC” he is.

River_Tam

Her father is the Director of Accounting at a community college. She attended the best private school in the entire country of Jamaica. She took a Kaplan course (cost: $750) to prep for a test to get into high school.

How is this anything other than a “privileged girl gets into top schools” story?

Sara

This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. Welcome to NYC, the most segregated city on the planet.

River Tam, the story is inspiring regardless of whether or not you think that the student is privileged.

morse_14

Actually, it’s not really that inspiring. It’s “privileged girl gets into Yale.” Her being black should have nothing to do with anything.